# Thermal burns  third degree or higher at Aluminum Dynamics Construction Entrance
> OSHA SIR `2024042932` · 4/3/2024 · COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  third degree or higher
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water, liquids nonchemical
- **Secondary source:** Pumps  except oil well
## Employer
- **Name:** Aluminum Dynamics Construction Entrance
- **Location:** 3413 Charleigh D Ford Junior Drive, COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI, 39701
- **NAICS:** 331313
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a gasoline-powered pump to remove water from the ground floor sump of a storage building. The pump became blocked and overheated. The employee was removing the blockage when he was sprayed with hot mud and steam, resulting in first- and second-degree burns to his right hand and left wrist, as well as a third-degree burn to the underside of the left wrist.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*